PENNRIDGE — Jake Hollweg pitched a no-hitter to lead Big Pocono to a 14-0 victory over Pennridge to win the sectional tournament in 15-16 All-Star baseball on Saturday.

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PENNRIDGE — Jake Hollweg pitched a no-hitter to lead Big Pocono to a 14-0 victory over Pennridge to win the sectional tournament in 15-16 All-Star baseball on Saturday.

Big Pocono qualifies for the state tournament, which opens Friday in Emporium.

Big Pocono defeated Pennridge, 3-0, on Friday in the best-of-three series and punched its state's ticket with Saturday's emphatic win.

After a shutout performance by Robert Pecci in Game 1, Hollweg did his teammate one better with the no-hitter. Hollweg missed a perfect game as one batter reached base on an error.

He pitched five innings, throwing just 44 pitches and striking out three.

Dylan Denninger went 2-for-4, reaching base four times and scoring two runs. Hollweg and right fielder Nate Snow each had a hit and two runs while catcher Aaron Rushin had a single with three runs scored.

Sosa led Big Pocono's early surge with a one-out, run-scoring double to right-center field in the first inning, starting a four-run rally. Ryan Fox drove in a run, followed by a two-out run-scoringdouble by first baseman Thomas Wolkoff.

Big Pocono scored 10 runs in the third. Wolkoff hit a two-run double and Jason Parchment and Sosa each scored two runners with singles. Danny Johnson, Kyle Clark and John Colgan each smacked run-scoring singles in the inning.

Austin Kollar had a single and two runs scored but pitched even better, allowing no runs while striking out two in a four-inning complete game victory. Denny Kocher had two of the three hits allowed by Kollar for Pen Argyl.

The 11-year-old all-star team managed by coach Len Orehek gave Big Pocono a final total of five representatives to wave the District 29 championship banner and advance into sections this summer.

Stroudsburg American 16, Bangor 2Stroud. American 21, Bangor 7BANGOR — Mike Nikorak went 3-for-4 to help crown Stroudsburg American the District 29 South champions as it defeated Bangor 16-2 on Saturday.

After falling to Bangor earlier in the tournament 10-8, Stroudsburg American rallied to beat Bangor twice, matching up against it three out of the last four games played.

Nikorak finished the game with three doubles and six RBIs, while teammate Eric Pugliesi went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Zack Herman went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored, while John Angradi added two hits for Stroudsburg.

In Game 1 on Friday, Logan Paradise hit a three-run home run in a big second inning to lead Stroudsburg American over Bangor 21-7.

Nolan Schutzer and Christian Bukowski each added RBIs in a 12-run second inning.

Nikorak and Pugliesi also produced in Game 1 as Nikorak went 4-for-5 with three RBIs and Pugliesi had two hits and two RBIs. Jake Kelly and Brian Smith each went 2-for-2 with two runs for Stroudsburg American.

Tyler Unangst and Josh Field each hit home runs for Bangor.

Stroudsburg American will now go on to play the District 29 North champions, East Stroudsburg South, on Monday at 6 p.m. at Stroudsburg.

The Pocono YMCA Piranhas summer swim team won its second swim meet on Tuesday against Wallenpaupack Lake Estates. The girls won 154-106, while the boys won 125-101.

Jaya Parrish won the 100 IM and the 25-yard breast in the 11-12 division. Avanti Banks won the 50 fly, 50 free and 50 back, while Shelby Kuchinskis won the 100 IM and 50 fly in the over 15 division. Alexis Kemp and Emily Wolbert each went 3-for-3 in their respected indivudual age group events.

The Piranhas host their first home meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Dansbury Park Pool.